Isaac Hayes

ActorDirectorComposer Aug 20 (died age 65) Covington, Tennessee, USA 1959–2024 (65 year career)

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Biography

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, and occasionally an actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes, Porter, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in rec…

Known For

Film

South Park

Chef (voice)

Film

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Chef (voice)

Film

Escape from New York

The Duke of New York

Film

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Self (archive footage)

Film

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Asneeze

Film

It Could Happen to You

Angel Dupree

Film

Shaft

Mr. P (uncredited)

Film

Hustle & Flow

Arnel

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (78)

The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds

2020

as Self

1.0

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

2020

as Self (archive photo)

7.6

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

2017

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

7.3

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

Stand

2009

as Self

Return to Sleepaway Camp

2008

as Charlie 'The Chef'

Soul Men

as Self

Kill Switch

as Coroner

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2007

2007

as Self

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2007 TV Special

2007

as Self

5.5

Classic Soul at the BBC

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Hustle & Flow

2005

as Arnel

7.1

The History Makers: Success

2005

as Self

Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux

2005

as Self - Lead Vocalist, Keyboards

Dream Warrior

as Yoshi

Anonymous Rex

as Elegant Man

Barbershops Uncut: East Coast

2004

as Self

The World of Nat King Cole

2004

as Self

Michael Jackson: The One

2004

as Self

8.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

8.0

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

2003

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Book of Days

2003

as Jonah

6.7

Return to 'Escape from New York'

2003

as Himself

Only the Strong Survive

as Self

BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self

Sounds of Memphis

as Self

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Possum (voice)

Chelsea Walls

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

4.3

Dead Dog

2001

as Self

3.2

Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only

2001

as Self

8.5

David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session

2001

as Self

Shaft

2000

as Mr. P (uncredited)

6.0

Reindeer Games

2000

as Zock

5.7

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

as Chef (voice)

Six Ways to Sunday

as Bill Bennet

Goin' Down to South Park

as Self

Ninth Street

as TippyToe

Blues Brothers 2000

as The Louisiana Gator Boys

5.3

Chef Aid: Behind The Menu

1998

as Jerome 'Chef' McElroy (voice) / Self

Flipper

1996

as Sheriff Buck Cowan

Oblivion 2: Backlash

as Buster

Illtown

as George

Uncle Sam

as Sgt. Jed Crowley

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

1996

as Self

1.0

South Park: The Unaired Pilot

1996

as Chef Jerome McElroy

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as Preacher Hurn

Magic Island

as Mad Face

Soul Survivors

as Vernon Holland

It Could Happen to You

1994

as Angel Dupree

6.7

The Soul of Stax

1994

as Self

Oblivion

1994

as Buster

4.9

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

as Asneeze

Posse

as Cable

Hallelujah

as Prophet

CB4

as Owner

Code... Death: Frontera Sur

1993

as Moro

6.0

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

as Self

Acting on Impulse

as Detective Stubbs

Deadly Exposure

as Lt. Johanson

Final Judgement

as Lt. Herb Jefferson

Prime Target

as Tompkins

Guilty As Charged

as Aloysius

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

as Isaac Hayes

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

1990

as Hammer

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Hammer

Counterforce

as Ballard

Dead Aim

as Jamal

Betrayed by Innocence

1986

as Frank Moreno

5.0

Escape from New York

1981

as The Duke of New York

7.0

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

as Moriarty

Truck Turner

as Truck

Three Tough Guys

as Lee

Issac Hayes: The Black Moses of Soul

1973

as Self

Wattstax

as Self

Save the Children

as Self

Nationtime

as Self

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location

1971

as Self

7.0

This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion

as Man at L.E.A.P. Memphis (Uncredited)

Television (24)

Stax: Soulsville USA

as Self - Musician

V Graham Norton

as Self

Fastlane

as Detective Marcus

The Bernie Mac Show

as Isaac Hayes

Girlfriends

as Eugene Childs

Where Are They Now?

as Self

That '70s Show

as Isaac Hayes

The Hughleys

as The Man

Stargate SG-1

as Tolok

South Park

as Chef (voice)

Veronica's Closet

as Isaac Hayes

Sliders

as The Prime Oracle

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Minister

Tales from the Crypt

as Samuel

Miami Vice

as Holiday

Hunter

as Jerome 'Typhoon' Thompson

The A-Team

as C.J. Mack

Solid Gold

as Self

The Rockford Files

as Gandolph Fitch

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self

6.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Grammys

as Self

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux

2005

Director

7.0

Shaft

2000

Original Music Composer

6.0

Truck Turner

1974

Original Music Composer

6.4

Three Tough Guys

1974

Original Music Composer

4.6

Shaft

1971

Original Music Composer

6.4